2 Chronicles 35:23 BSB

2 Chronicles 35:23

There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”

BSB

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ASV

And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

KJV

And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And the archers shot at King Josiah,.... For, though disguised, he appeared to be a general officer, and indeed chief commander, and therefore aimed at him, and pressed him hard: and the king said to his servants, have me away, for I am wounded; as Ahab said, when in the like case, 1Ki 22:34.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

LETTER 133.13 (420)

It is true that in the holy Scriptures many are called righteous, as Zachariah and Elizabeth, Job, Jehosaphat, Josiah, and many others who are mentioned in the sacred writings. Of this fact I shall, if God gives me grace, give a full explanation in the work that I have promised; in this letter it must suffice to say that they are called righteous, not because they are faultless but because their faults are eclipsed by their virtues.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּרוּ֙	vai.yo.Ru	and they shot arrows	H3384 →
הַיֹּרִ֔ים	hai.yo.Rim	the archers	H3384 →
לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	la.Me.lekh	to the king	H4428 →
יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ	yo.shi.Ya.hu	Josiah	H2977 →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
לַעֲבָדָיו֙	la.'a.va.Dav	to servants his	H5650 →
הַעֲבִיר֔וּנִי	ha.'a.vi.Ru.ni	take away me	H5674 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
הָחֳלֵ֖יתִי	ho.cho.Lei.ti	I have been wounded	H2470 →
מְאֹֽד׃	me.'Od	exceedingly	H3966 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Kings 9:24
Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.
leads to
- 1 Kings 22:34
  However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Genesis 49:23
The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
leads to
- Genesis 37:24
  and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
- Psalms 118:13
  I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
- Genesis 37:4
  When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
- Psalms 64:3
  who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
Through
1 Kings 22:34
However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and…
leads to
- Micah 6:13
  Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.
- 1 Samuel 17:49
  Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
- Revelation 9:9
  They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.

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